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201. RE: Safety inspection? (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 12 Jul 2000 03:37:10 -0500
This all came up a couple of weeks ago, when someone asked me what an MOT was, and there was discussion for days on whether or not it was a good idea to have a compulsory safety check! The MOT (Mini
/html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00440.html (9,056 bytes)

202. Re: loss of power and poping (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 14 Jul 2000 03:02:48 -0500
Two thoughts occur about this - tuning or fuel starvation. If you've tuned it using a Color Tune then tuning should be OK - I've never actually used one of these, so I don't know how good they are.
/html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00536.html (9,301 bytes)

203. Re: loss of power and poping (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 14 Jul 2000 05:56:44 -0500
If you are looking for someone who knows how to tune SUs, the guy in the garage round the corner from me did a great job sorting mine out for my MOT a couple of weeks ago - CO limit for the test is
/html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00539.html (9,405 bytes)

204. Re: More arcane hardtop headliner questions (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 24 Jul 2000 03:23:43 -0500
The hardtop on my '78 1500 has a (yellowed, stained, and slightly torn) white cloth headliner. I have no reason to believe that the hardtop is not original (then again, no reason to believe that it
/html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00799.html (7,265 bytes)

205. Swing spring / camber compensator (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 12 Jun 2000 07:28:16 -0500
While we are on the subject of swing spring suspension (at least we were a couple of days ago), I have a question - If, with a swing spring rear set-up, all the roll stiffness of the car is provided
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00364.html (8,387 bytes)

206. Re: Swing spring / camber compensator (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 12 Jun 2000 09:32:18 -0500
npenney@mde.state.md.us on 12Jun2000 02:22 PM To: Richard B Gosling/1M/Caterpillar@Caterpillar spitfires@autox.team.net@INTERNET cc: Subject: Re: Swing spring / camber compensator Retain Until: 12/07
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00374.html (9,822 bytes)

207. Re: Exhaust gasket (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 12 Jun 2000 10:02:10 -0500
Yes, I've heard before that it helps to have both sides well and truly flat. The downpipe is a stainless steel one, fitted brand new only a couple of months ago, and looks pretty good and flat (altho
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00378.html (10,306 bytes)

208. Exhaust gasket (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 13 Jun 2000 07:23:40 -0500
Many thanks to all who advised me on my exhaust gasket woes (Dean, Graham, Bill, and Tom). For the time being I am going to try just doing without the gasket altogether - bolt the (new, stainless ste
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00434.html (7,709 bytes)

209. Spring Swing / Camber Compensator (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 13 Jun 2000 11:48:40 -0500
Blimey... I'm starting to feel sorry I ever asked this question!! Since Joe actually supplies these things himself, I find it hard to believe that he wouldn't have a full understanding of how it work
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00451.html (7,489 bytes)

210. Re: Engine type (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 15 Jun 2000 03:52:57 -0500
The engine that ended up in the Spitfire started life fitted to the Standard 8, capacity 803cc, and was known as the SC engine (for small car). It was bored out to 1147 for Mk I and II Spitfire, the
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00524.html (8,028 bytes)

211. RE: Engine type (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 15 Jun 2000 07:19:37 -0500
The SC engine was first introduced in 1951 in the Standard 8. I am not aware of it ever having been used in a tractor, and Standard/Triumph never made tractors (as far as I know). It is possible tha
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00528.html (9,611 bytes)

212. Dash restoration (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 15 Jun 2000 08:39:20 -0500
What is the best approach to dash restoration? I am not looking to spend any more money than I can avoid on this - a pot of varnish or whatever, a brush, and a sheet of sandpaper is what I'm aiming f
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00532.html (8,242 bytes)

213. Re: FS: 1973 Spitfire MkIV in UK (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 20 Jun 2000 04:02:58 -0500
Sorry to hear that you are selling your Spit. I also became a father recently (9 months ago), but I decided to keep Daffy - she gets used for the daily commute to and from work, and we have a dull c
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00714.html (7,538 bytes)

214. RE: Dash restoration (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 21 Jun 2000 04:43:34 -0500
Thanks to all of you (Michael, Graham, Mike, Philip, John, Scott, Sujit, Tom, Steph, Greg - God, there's a lot of you helpful guys out there!) who have advised me on how to improve my dash. I reckon
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00760.html (8,736 bytes)

215. RE: Dash restoration (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 21 Jun 2000 09:01:20 -0500
-- Forwarded by Richard B Gosling/1M/Caterpillar on 21/06/2000 02:59 PM -- Richard B Gosling 21Jun2000 02:58 PM Thanks for the reply - but you are beginning to lose me here, I don't know much about w
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg00766.html (10,392 bytes)

216. Re: First extended ride (longish) (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 27 Jun 2000 07:26:06 -0500
I might be wrong, but I believe that Beowulf was originally a Norse tale (i.e. it came from from Norway), not English, although it has been known in England for many centuries. Still, Grendel is a g
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg01049.html (6,912 bytes)

217. Re: adjusting konis and oiling trunnions (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 28 Jun 2000 05:29:53 -0500
To oil the trunnions, I just use a cheapo grease gun from my local car parts store. Take the top off, pour in the gear oil, connect up to the nipple and off you pump (sorry - far too much sexual inn
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg01080.html (7,999 bytes)

218. Daily Driver (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 28 Jun 2000 06:47:31 -0500
My understanding of a daily driver is a car that you drive every day. That means she is your main transport, takes you to work and back, everything. Sorry Bill, but to me a reliable, often-used seco
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg01082.html (7,966 bytes)

219. Re: adjusting konis and oiling trunnions (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 28 Jun 2000 08:41:51 -0500
That's exactly what I mean. These tend to be cheap enough that it is worth buying a second gun just to do this job - better than trying to empty grease out of a half-filled gun, filling with oil, do
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg01085.html (9,775 bytes)

220. Re: Daily Driver (score: 1)
Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
Date: 28 Jun 2000 08:59:10 -0500
Well, if the Spit and the Jeep get driven more or less equally, I guess you have two semi-daily-drivers - that's probably good enough to count!! Your mileage is certainly higher than many people who
/html/spitfires/2000-06/msg01086.html (8,602 bytes)


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